I hope everybody who was blessed enough to watch and root for Carlos Gomez as a Brewer over the last six (six!) seasons appreciates what we had in him. Gomez’s tenure in Milwaukee ended Thursday; over 697 games, the center fielder compiled a .267/.325/.452 batting line, a 110 OPS+, 87 home runs, 152 stolen bases, […]
Day: August 3, 2015
Jungmann Continues To Catch Hitters Looking
Pick a means of measuring a pitcher’s performance, and you’ll find that Taylor Jungmann tops all other current Brewers starters in it. ERA, FIP, xFIP, DRA, cFIP — they all think more highly of him, to varying extents, than they do of Matt Garza, Kyle Lohse, Jimmy Nelson, or Wily Peralta. I’ve written about his ability […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, August 3
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (43-63), 22.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: A Trade, An Almost-Trade, and Other Trades
Welcome, friends, to the 2015 MLB trade deadline and to the second edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. With the deadline just recently passed, we’ve already seen a ton of movement around the league, and the Brewers have been front and center for it. As you have search for updates about the trade of Gerardo […]